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House sparrow (Passer domesticus) with winter plumage: photo by 3268zauber, 3 January 2009
Cold floating
days, difficult to keep body
Temp. up as planet
cools off mysteriously
This P.M. two
small grey birds bump
Around in the rose
bush for a while
A capella (no rush
hour for once)
In last rays of
tinny Christmas sun
While voluntary trumpets
are quietly
Emitted by radio
into Jerusalem foiled sky
Far off and to our
great astonishment
O blue earth
sounds your golden flower
From the bell of
its silver horn
I didn’t think it
would ever come back on
House sparrow (Passer domesticus) in non-breeding plumage: photo by 3268zauber, 3 January 2009
